What are some things you do to organize your life?

I put permanent dividers in some of my kitchen drawers, rather than using those plastic utensil holders that slide around in the drawer. I use them in the silverware drawer as well as the cooking utensil drawers. I have electrical plugs in my bathroom cabinets and my kitchen cabinets; this allows me to have charging bases of appliances hidden (electric toothbrush, can opener, wine opener), and I have the majority of my kitchen appliances hidden in cabinets rather than on the counter-top. I have a coat/hat rack with a shelf by the back door. I have cabinets over my washer and dryer, as well as them being elevated on built-in storage. My end and bedside tables have drawers. My entertainment centers have concealed storage. We have a CD/DVD carousel (holds 400 in all) so we never have to touch one to play it. I keep sheets for one bedroom in a linen closet and sheets for the other bedroom in another linen closet (the beds are different sizes). I made an envelope out of sheets for the air bed so the sheets stay on it. If I don't use an item, I donate it to my thrift store. I don't keep clothes that I don't wear, that don't fit, or are out of style.

Reference lists - These are a fantastic way to get Started on organizing your life And your home.

List Examples:

Personal Goals

Important Birthdays & Anniversaries

Wish Lists

Gift Lists for family

Travel Lists - places you would like to see

Stuff to do - Things you would like to see & do in the next 5 years....10 years.....within your life

Packing lists - Items to pack for get aways - day trip/weekender & week to 10 day trips....This makes getting ready to go a breeze

Reading List - Books you would like to read

Education List - Items you really want to learn

The choices of what lists to make are as individual as you are.

IN THE BATHROOM

Add a magnetic strip to your medicine cabinet for things like scissors..tweezers.clippers & other small objects ( how about a sewing needle so you will always know where to find one)

READING MATERIAL

Toss old catalogs and donate old magazines and books to nursing homes, salvation army or goodwill

CULL THE CLUTTER

Take a hard look around and find everything that just doesnt seem to Have its own place......Cull the clutter by donating or price it , box it and have a garage sale.....use the proceeds to buy closet organizers and under the bed storage containers for things like Christmas Gift wrap/Ornaments/Lights etc.

CREATE A MEMORY BOX

As you go through life you will create memories........create a Box to hold these memories add to it as you create new memories. Take a little time when you are feeling melencholoy to look through these memories to give yourself a little added boost.

CREATE TIME BLOCKS

Want to work on your hobby but cant find the time? Set aside a time block each day or every other day that is specifically dedicated to an activity.......wether its surfing the net, scrapbooking or just reading a book, Time blocks will insure you always have a little balance in your life.

get ready for tomorrow, today! Lay out all clothes, purse keys, jewelry, shoes, etc. Even my curling iron.

Label inside the kitchen cabinets where pots and pans go, where cookie sheets go, where misc. things go.

Keep an on-going list on the kitchen counter of things i'm low on such as sugar, peanut butter. I can grab it and go to the store.

Keep a calender which has daily squares you can write on to see all appointments, school events, birthdays. I got mine for a dollar at a dollar store. It is on the side of the refrig with a pen on a string tied to it. It should be near your telephone.

I keep sheet sets in one of the pillow cases. Things for guest bedroom are in a nice box in that room with extra toothbrushes, magazines, soap.

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